邯鄲

See also: 邯郸

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (邯鄲)		邯	鄲
simp. (邯郸)		邯	郸

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hándān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hándān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hándan
    • Wade–Giles: Han²-tan¹
    • Yale: Hán-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harndan
    • Palladius: Ханьдань (Xanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴ daan¹
    • Yale: hòhn dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ taːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: han tan

Rime
Character	邯	鄲
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡安切	都寒切
Baxter	han	tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑn/	/tɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑn/	/tɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑn/	/tɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦan/	/tan/
Li Rong	/ɣɑn/	/tɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣɑn/	/tɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑn/	/tɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán	dān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon4	daan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤa[n]  tˤa[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːm  taːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邯	鄲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hán	dān
Middle Chinese	‹ han ›	‹ tan ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁa[n]/	/*tˁa[r]/
English	邯鄲 han.tan (placename)	邯鄲 han.tan place name
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	邯	鄲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3669	1996
Phonetic component	甘	單
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	寒	單
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːm/	/*taːn/

Proper noun

邯鄲

1. (historical) Handan (capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, in present-day Handan City)
2. (～市) Handan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)
3. (～縣) (historical) Handan (a former county of Handan, Hebei, China, succeeded by Congtai and Hanshan Districts)
4. a surname

Derived terms

• 一枕邯鄲／一枕邯郸
• 夢邯鄲／梦邯郸
• 學步邯鄲／学步邯郸
• 邯鄲一夢／邯郸一梦
• 邯鄲一枕／邯郸一枕
• 邯鄲之夢／邯郸之梦
• 邯鄲伎／邯郸伎
• 邯鄲匍匐／邯郸匍匐
• 邯鄲夢／邯郸梦
• 邯鄲學步／邯郸学步 (hándānxuébù)
• 邯鄲故步／邯郸故步
• 邯鄲曲／邯郸曲
• 邯鄲枕／邯郸枕
• 邯鄲步／邯郸步
• 邯鄲爺／邯郸爷
• 邯鄲蝨／邯郸虱
• 邯鄲行／邯郸行
• 邯鄲路／邯郸路
• 邯鄲道／邯郸道
• 邯鄲郭公／邯郸郭公
• 邯鄲重步／邯郸重步
• 邯鄲鳩／邯郸鸠
• 魯酒薄而邯鄲圍／鲁酒薄而邯郸围

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (邯鄲):

• → Japanese: 邯鄲(かんたん) (Kantan)
• → Korean: 한단(邯鄲) (Handan)

Others:

• → English: Handan, Han-tan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
邯	鄲
かん Hyōgai	たん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

邯鄲(カンタン) or 邯(かん)鄲(たん) • (kantan) 

1. tree cricket, Oecanthus longicauda

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Proper noun

邯(かん)鄲(たん) • (Kantan) 

1. (historical) Handan (capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, in present-day Handan City)
2. Handan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)

Derived terms

• 邯鄲(かんたん)の歩(あゆ)み (Kantan no ayumi)
• 邯鄲(かんたん)の枕(まくら) (Kantan no makura)
• 邯鄲(かんたん)の夢(ゆめ) (Kantan no yume)
• 邯鄲夢(かんたんゆめ)の枕(まくら) (Kantan yume no makura)